OK if I ever get money again (and I have hopes) i think I will get a Mac. Sounds like Pages is perfect for people who need to do more desktop publishing than they really have the talent for.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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Typo Boy - Sep 11, 2011 1:52:03 pm PDT #17808 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2011 2:58:08 pm PDT #17809 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have the Flixster app on my phone, and it seems a great idea, to be able to tell which movies are where near my GPS location at all times. Except? Its database is for shit. The release dates make no sense. I think it might think I'm in the UK, and be giving me UK release dates, but it also knows my current zipcode. Does anyone know a way to fix that, or have a better app?
Gris - Sep 11, 2011 4:14:06 pm PDT #17810 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Typo Boy, inDesign costs $699 - might be cheaper than a new Mac if that's the only reason you'd buy it. And of course, it's amazing.
ETA: Flixster works fine for me. I've got nothing.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2011 4:50:57 pm PDT #17811 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gris, what does it say is the opening date of Friends With Benefits? I saw that a month ago, and it's telling me it's opening September 9th. I can navigate by theatre, but not by movie. Is this all because I chose UK English for my typing dictionary?
Typo Boy - Sep 11, 2011 5:00:27 pm PDT #17812 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well I mean for whatever my next computer. The thing about pages as opposed to indesign is that it may be faster for small or simple project. The thing about having bought a netbook for 179 is that it is fine for word processing but slow for dpt. Which is fine because I knew when I got this it was a bridge computer. I did not have $300 let alone $600 at the time.
Gris - Sep 12, 2011 3:40:25 am PDT #17813 of 25501
Hey. New board.
It's telling me the release date is July 22. I don't know why it would use the typing dictionary to determine your country, but maybe it actually is that badly programmed. Is there a fandango app? I used to use that on my iPhone and liked it exactly as much as flixster.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2011 4:27:12 am PDT #17814 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is there anywhere else I might have said what country I'm in? I can't think of one. Regardless, the GPS should trump whatever country I might have said I'm from.
Let me go look for fandango.
le nubian - Sep 12, 2011 4:38:36 am PDT #17815 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
check the app settings and see if there is a secret in there. do you log in? did you set your timezone correctly?
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2011 4:51:07 am PDT #17816 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My timezone is set for LA, yes. So that is another small hint about where I am. And the app settings have me in LA, right zip code. There's nothing on the general Locations settings tab that indicates a locale.
I've noticed some weird omissions in the Swype dictionary, and no obvious way to edit it. It doesn't have days of the week, for instance. And it's really difficult to get it to register "that's" over "that'd". Insanely. I wish it were more readily tweakable. It's a great interface.
Gris - Sep 12, 2011 4:59:54 am PDT #17817 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I can't get used to Swype. I really like the advanced keyboard that came with my HTC phone, though. I don't like that I seem to be REQUIRED to add things to the dictionary in order to avoid auto-correct annoyances though - why can't I just override without adding for weird names and things I don't expect to use again?